5000 Years of Answering Questions with Questions
The Contemporary Jewish Museum – San Francisco
March 31, 2011 - July 2011
Are We There Yet? is a new media art installation in the Museum's Yud Gallery by Bay Area artists Ken Goldberg and Gil Gershoni that celebrates inquisitive impulse. An immersive sound environment, the installation poses questions from a variety of sources including the Talmud, literature, and popular culture. Questions vary based on visitors’ movement through the space.
By Jeremiah Barber | Feb 11, 2011
“At Catharine Clark Gallery Kambui Olujimi's mixed media sculptures tantalize the gallery's open front room. In a gesture as tender and effortless as Picasso's "Bull's Head," each of Olujimi's sculptures pair the same two objects -- handcuffs and jewels -- with slight changes in patina and form. Each hangs off of two nails, the baubles appearing to crystallize off the cuff's chain, rough and delicate in even measures. The gallery also presents drawings by Jonathan Solo that make smooth transitions between coy magazine cut-outs and charged, erotic bodies.”
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New York Press
Porn Of Plenty
A new exhibit looks at what we all look at—smut
By Nicholas Wells
"We have so much and are always being prompted to get more, but most of what we are offered is empty," LaViola says. "What are we using to fill the void?" Pornucopia, which opened Feb. 4, answers the question in extremes, from Kara Maria's explosively political mash-up paintings to Ryan Alexiev's shiny, happy "The Wizard of O's," and is populated by the icons and sexual proclivities of late capitalism.”
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“The February Show aims to highlight the diverse perspectives
behind the concept of Black History Month. Similarly, the title,
The February Show, is meant to spark a dialogue about how
effectively this celebration inspires us to expand our knowledge
of our national history, and the implications of limiting the
recognition of Black American culture to a specific month.”
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“In honor of the most obnoxious holiday ever created, I thought I would showcase an artist who’s work bends traditional gender roles. In the majority of art, no matter the medium, subjects are almost exclusively heteronormative. So when I see the work of an artist like Jonathan Solo my mind whirls. His goal is to make you uncomfortable, to make you think about his work, his subjects. Adding in his own experiences with death, addiction, and personal struggles, his works are unique to his feelings at specific points in time. About his work in his own words…”
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Volume 28 in the New Commissions Publication series about Kambui Olujimi’s expansive project exploring mythology and personal narrative. The exhibition consisted of twelve large-scale embroidered tapestries, each with a “star map” of new constellations based on a series of fantastic yet personal stories by the artist. The publication contains the full form of the stories, as well as sketches and documentation of the exhibition and star maps. With contributions from Art in General Executive Director Anne Barlow, project curator Andria Hickey, and artist and author Christopher Myers.
This publication has not been released yet, to pre-order online using PayPal please click below and you will receive your book in the mail once they are released.
Uncertain Spectator
Essays by Emily Zimmerman, Max Hernandez-Calvo,
Interviews with Anthony Discenza and Marie Sester
Published to accompany the exhibition Uncertain Spectator, organized by the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC)
uncertain.empac.rpi.edu
